Looking at the reactions to Republican tax plans, I found myself remembering what people used to say about former Sen. Phil Gramm, whose presidential ambitions never went anywhere but who did help cause the 2008 financial crisis: "Even his friends don't like him."

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trump's base: well, the president says it's a good thing, so I'm for it. And the Tom Cottons must play out the Koch bros. agenda. So, there's that. I keep hearing that if the teabaggers don't get this done, there will be a heavy political price to pay in the 2018 mid-terms. I say, if they do get it done, there will be a heavy political price to pay. We will have a full year to point out how they sold their souls to their corporate donors.

Agree BM. This legislation, whether its successful or not, plays nicely into the mid-terms. Everyone should remember that aside from 2002 (post-9/11), the party in the WH has always suffered mid-term loses, some worse than others. This one will be no different and building talking points on the failure of a Republican Congress in 2017 will make the job much easier....It should also be noted that Bill Clinton was the only president to see his party gain at the second mid-term. The prospects for Republican gains in 2018 is looking bleaker by the week, setting up for a Republican loss in the WH in 2020.